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Pindar meaning

An Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes (ca. 522–443 BC).

Synonyms of Pindar

poet

Related words

Other words often associated with Pindar or its synonyms:

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Using Pindar

  • The main meaning on this page is: An Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes (ca. 522–443 BC).
  • Useful related words include: poet.
  • In the example corpus, pindar often appears in combinations such as: as pindar, with pindar, of pindar.

Context around Pindar

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

victory 1× prosecutor 1× katharine 1× hesiod 1× kenyon 1× quotes 1× twins 1× ode 1× poets 1×

Often after:

whittaker 1× underscored 1× adding 1× crates 1× recalled 1× pan 1× consistently 1× states 1× placing 1×

Sentence patterns with Pindar

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

pindar s olympian 2× and to pindar s verse 1× artemis as pindar recalled in 1× contemporary of pindar placing his 1× cornford quotes pindar by saying 1× depth of pindar 1× heads while pindar c 522 1× her twins pindar consistently refers 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

pindar s olympian 2× bacchylides had become 1× berlin london lit 1× campbell p 427 1× during the trial 1× francis m cornford 1×

Common sentence endings:

a pythian ode 1× a single mother 1× all such cases 1× apollo via penelope 1× around 518 bc 1× better than sappho 1×

Words around Pindar

Just before it in the word index:

pincushion 5 pincus 9 pinctada 4 pinconning 2 pinckney 32 pinckard 2

Just after it in the word index:

pinde 2 pindell 3 pinder 29 pinderfields 3 pindi 2 pindiga 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aapi 29 aarey 29 aberdare 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 actuaries 29

Corpus analysis for Pindar

  • In this selection, "pindar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, victory, prosecutor, katharine, whittaker, underscored and adding stand out and add context to how "pindar" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include pindar s olympian and and to pindar s verse. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pindar" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pindar

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Very much agree with Katharine Pindar. (6 words)

In some early sources such as Pindar, Pan's father is Apollo via Penelope. (14 words)

Only two of the Nine Lyric Poets ( Pindar and Bacchylides ) have survived better than Sappho. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Berlin London: LIT, p.13 Therefore, they do not form a part of the Plutarchian canon of single biographies – as represented by the Life of Aratus of Sicyon and the Life of Artaxerxes II (the biographies of Hesiod, Pindar, Crates and Daiphantus were lost). (44 words)

Jebb, p. 27 The most notable features of his lyrics are their clarity in expression and simplicity of thought, Campbell, p. 415 making them an ideal introduction to the study of Greek lyric poetry in general and to Pindar's verse in particular. (43 words)

Francis M. Cornford quotes Pindar by saying that the soul sleeps while the limbs are active, but when one is sleeping, the soul is active and reveals "an award of joy or sorrow drawing near" in dreams. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Ode 5 Bacchylides has often been compared unflatteringly with Pindar, as for example by the French critic, Henri Weil : "There is no doubt that he fails of the elevation, and also of the depth, of Pindar.

Pindar also composed a celebratory ode for this victory (Pindar's Pythian Ode 1), including however stern, moral advice for the tyrant to rule wisely.

Pindar, p. 16 It is possible in that case that Bacchylides's image of himself as an eagle in Ode 5 was a retort to Pindar.

Pindar's Olympian Ode 1 and Bacchylides's Ode 5 differ also in their description of the race – while Pindar's reference to Pherenicus is slight and general (".

During the trial, Police Prosecutor Pindar-Whittaker, called the two victims as well as several police officers to testify.

Pindar underscored that failure to pay the fines will result in persons being remanded to prison for up to three months.

Very much agree with Katharine Pindar.

Bacchylides had become, almost overnight, among the best represented poets of the canonic nine, with about half as many extant verses as Pindar, adding about a hundred new words to Greek lexicons.

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Berlin London: LIT, p.13 Therefore, they do not form a part of the Plutarchian canon of single biographies – as represented by the Life of Aratus of Sicyon and the Life of Artaxerxes II (the biographies of Hesiod, Pindar, Crates and Daiphantus were lost).

Campbell, p. 427 According to Kenyon, Pindar's idionsyncratic genius entitles him to the benefit of a doubt in all such cases: "..

Francis M. Cornford quotes Pindar by saying that the soul sleeps while the limbs are active, but when one is sleeping, the soul is active and reveals "an award of joy or sorrow drawing near" in dreams.

He attempted to rape Leto near Delphi under the orders of Hera, but was laid low by the arrows of Apollo and/or Artemis, as Pindar recalled in a Pythian ode.

In some early sources such as Pindar, Pan's father is Apollo via Penelope.

In the earliest description of Cerberus, Hesiod 's Theogony (c. 8th – 7th century BC), Cerberus has fifty heads, while Pindar (c. 522 – c. 443 BC) gave him one hundred heads.

In the Olympian scheme, Zeus is the father of her twins, Pindar consistently refers to Apollo and Artemis as twins; other sources instead give separate birthplaces for the siblings.

In the sixth Nemean Ode, Pindar states: "There is one/race of men, one race of gods; both have breath/of life from a single mother.

Jebb, p. 27 The most notable features of his lyrics are their clarity in expression and simplicity of thought, Campbell, p. 415 making them an ideal introduction to the study of Greek lyric poetry in general and to Pindar's verse in particular.

Most modern scholars however treat Bacchylides as an exact contemporary of Pindar, placing his birth around 518 BC.

Only two of the Nine Lyric Poets ( Pindar and Bacchylides ) have survived better than Sappho.

Pindar's Olympian Ode 1 celebrates the same race and the two poems allow for some interesting comparisons.

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Common combinations with pindar

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pindar" in a sentence?
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What does "pindar" mean?
Pindar means: An Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes (ca. 522–443 BC).
What are synonyms of "pindar"?
Common synonyms of "pindar" include: poet.
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